Histrionic Personality Disorders: A Case Study

Mary was a horrible role model for her two children.She had two sons whose names were Tony and Wes Moore.She partied instead of parenting her children, along with “hiding ” Marijuana in her family's home.On page twenty Mary blatantly lied to her own child’s face.She looked At Wes and said, “Mommy got some bad news about school, and I want to go see some friends

Although Mary had accomplished a lot in her professional success, her personal life was still not under control. She claims that the people that were making money off of her had her “blind”. They supported her bad habits, they bought her cocaine and alcohol just so they could continue to get money.

The most obvious example of this is the fact that she killed her husband with a leg of lamb. She seems quite sadistic when she practices what she is going to say to the grocer, Sam, in front of the mirror. Yet another example of Mary’s psychotic tendencies is after she fed the detectives investigating her husband's death the murder weapons; “And in the other room, Mary Maloney began to giggle” (Dahl

This shows that if her own mother does not accept her the way she looks then how can other people be expected to accept her. This also must have hurt her and lowered her self confidence extremely. Hearing her own mother saying such things about her, she can only wonder what other people say about her behind her back. Another example of Mary’s acceptance being affected by her family influences is when she speaks of her mother treating her condition by saying “I guess it hasn’t helped that my mother has always been overprotective in a way, practically passing out flyers on the subject matter to mothers and curious children on the playground”. This shows that instead of mother not mentioning her condition to any body and treating her like a normal child, she talks about her daughter’s condition openly like she is some sort of freak. If her mother did not talk about her condition and just talked about her characteristics or other things then people would just probably look past her condition more easily and accept her as she is. Instead when her mother talks about her condition it puts the idea in peoples heads that Mary is different from other children and treat her differently. In “Red Dress” the protagonists’ family influences also affect her being accepted. The protagonists’ in “Red Dress” family

By definition, manic depression is otherwise known as bipolar disorder in modern times. It is “a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, behavior, thinking and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.”(Introduction: Bipolar Disorder) This overall definition clearly supports the argument that Rose Mary carries bipolar disorder. Often times in the memoir, Rose Mary changes her mind and mood about doing something very quickly without any foreshadow. This brief explanation of bipolar disorder shows that Rose Mary possesses most of the traits of having bipolar disorder. From a greater perspective, bipolar disorder has two very distinctive phases ---- the manic phase and depressive phase. During a manic phase, patients are often “jumping quickly from one idea to the next” (Melinda and Jeanne), feeling energetic and having “unrealistic beliefs about one’s abilities or powers” (Melinda and Jeanne); during a depressive phase, patients are often “feeling hopeless, sad, empty”(Melinda and Jeanne) or irritable and unable to

Personality disorders are included as mental disorders on Axis II of the diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association and in the mental and behavioral disorders section of the ICD manual of the World Health Organization Personality disorders are conditions in which an individual differs significantly from an average person, in terms of how they think, perceive, feel or relate to others. Changes in how a person feels and distorted beliefs about other people can lead to odd behavior, which can be distressing and may upset others There are three recognized personality disorder clusters, cluster A odd and eccentric, Paranoid Personality Disorder Schizoid Personality Disorder Schizotypal Personality Disorder dramatic and emotional, Borderline Personality Disorder Histrionic Personality Disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder and anxious and fearful Avoidant Personality Disorder Dependent Personality Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Personality Disorders: Management

This displays that her being ostracized has forced her to change her views on society and realize not everyone is as nice as they appear. Later on in Mary’s life, her aunt says to Dunny: “Now she remembers so little, and it’s better so, because when she does remember she thinks of Paul” (Davies, 129). This proves that she has continuously been ignoring and forgetting about society for a couple of years. She has isolated herself to avoid conflict and hatred. This alienation Mary has experienced has changed her perception of

In my opinion, the most predominate disorder within Joan Crawford is Histrionic disorder. This personality can be defined as a mental health condition that causes a person to be excessively dramatic and emotional. People with this disorder tend to seek out constant attention from others and are easily influenced by others. Although the exact cause of this disorder is unknown it may stem from childhood events or genetics. Joan Crawford shows symptoms of Histrionic disorder frequently throughout the movie, the first scene being when she throws her daughter Christina an extravagant birthday party. This scenario shows Joan taking away attention from her daughter in any way she can as she soaks up the light of the photographers. Another example would be when Joan filled in for her daughters position in a soup opera while she was sick without her permission. In these scenes, Joan is pushing her daughter aside to fill in the spotlight.

Criterion 4 points out that people with Histrionic Personality Disorder consistently use physical appearance to draw attention to themselves.14 This can be seen in the lavish outfits worn by Daisy. Although her outfits are rarely described in detail, the pieces mentioned always represent items included in an

Mary was put on Morphine by her doctor and was addicted because of the exposure to the drug, but it’s she who decided to lie and lash out on her family, turning them against each other. She would do anything to protect herself even if it meant pitting her family members against one another, which is shown when she told Jamie to “stop sneering,” (O’Neill 63) at his father whilst a little while later she is yelling at Tyrone for making her believe that he felt “distrust and spying and suspicion,” in her (O’Neill 71). She alternates sides with the family members whenever it seems beneficial to her. She also use lies to disguise the fact she was taking Morphine when she says she needs to go upstairs or that she can’t find her glasses. She would even divert blame onto her family members for the disintegration of the family structure to avoid suspicion of her addiction. She goes to the extent of blaming Edmund for the lack of vivacity in her life - when she claims that she was “so healthy before Edmund was born,” (O’Neill 89)- rather than taking accountability for her continued drug abuse. In Brustein’s analysis he says, “no individual character trait is

The relationship between Precious and her mother are not stable and cannot be characterized as positive. Precious, particularly exhibits an avoidant attachment style. Certainly, such a situation leaves a negative imprint on the Precious’ stress response system. Mary’s actions towards her daughter Precious, from the hitting, name callings to mind controlling, it is easy to conclude what type of a parent she also is. Low in warm and high in control, Mary is an authoritarian parent. Not only is she an authoritarian parent she also puts Precious under constant chronic stress. There are many evident of the kind of chronic stress she puts Precious under. To name a few, Mary allows her daughter to be raped by her husband, when she hits her with a frying pan and when she tried to kill her with a Television. (Precious, 2009.) Indeed, Precious expects her mother to be more helpful and sensitive to her, however, in reality she does not find the reaction and behavior she was looking for from her mother. This in turn creates a distorted cognitive schema about herself (her personality), others (being able to relate to others) and the world (Perry, 2011.) As a consequence of this, Precious is constantly anxious. Precious also seems to avoid forming relationship with others, by being skeptical of everyone who tries to help. She does not seek help

    Marya Hornbacher has experienced  almost every possible disorder.  By the time she reached her teenage years , she had  already  battled drug addiction, bulimia and anorexia, alcoholism, and cutting. In addition, she would have sporadic mood changes; she would   literally run around hyper and fully charged, impulsively saying things that  she knew didn’t make sense. This was

In the play, Mary is a beautiful woman and lives the life like any other girls of her time; but she is emotionally attached to her sons and her family when she marries into the Tyrone family. She is also getting old, so she keeps going on her days worrying about her change of appearance. She suffers from a morphine addiction and she is psychologically wounded because of her past. She tries many times to break free but she could not stop as she spends time with her family. She has gone through many struggles but she cannot move on with her life. She keeps looking back into the past; and she regrets marrying into the family because of the dreams she had to sacrifice such as becoming a nun or a concert pianist.

Everyone has noticed that there is at least that one person who seems like they just don’t fit in. They seem like they are not enjoying their selves and they look like they would rather be somewhere else. They are the ones who sit in the background and idly watch everything that goes on around them. Their hardly ever seen verbally or physically communicating to other human beings. These are the some of the characteristics of someone who has a social disorder such as anti-social personality disorder.

Many people who suffer from this disorder may have suicidal thoughts, bi-polar disorder and also depression .Upon her arrival at the institution she meets some of the patients who she quickly starts to connect and develop a bond with especially with one of the patients named Lisa who is diagnosed as a sociopath. Psychiatrists and psychologists states that a sociopath is someone with a personality disorder who “displays antisocial tendencies that are ascribed to social or environmental factors.” Other definitions include “A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.” (Dr.Axe, 2017). With this being said anyone could suffer from a personality disorder and majority of the time it goes unnoticed because we end up blaming other people for the way we feel or react to certain situations. As the movie goes on we are introduced to another woman named Daisy she suffered from compulsive eating disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and also self harm.